Religion and Conflict in Northern Ireland: What Does Religion Do?

Acknowledgments
Contents
About the Author
1 Introduction
	References
2 Religion and Conflict in Northern Ireland: Context
	Brief History
	Religion in Northern Ireland
		Religious Landscape
		Secularisation
		Conservative Religious Culture
		Religion and Political Orientation
	References
3 Religion as Source of Conflict: Interpretations and Evidence
	General Overview
	The Weight of History
	Religion Is Important… Because It Is
	The Test Case: Protestantism and Unionist Politics
	References
4 Religion and the Reproduction of Social Divisions in Northern Ireland
	Anti-Catholicism and Subjectivism
	Religion in Socio-economic Context
	Sectarianism, Intra-Class Dynamics and Politics
	References
5 Sociology and Conflict: Epistemological Challenges
	The Anti-Catholic Illusio
	Double Play and Historical Materialism
	Politics and the Sociological Understanding of Inequalities
	Inequalities and the Sociology of Religion in Northern Ireland
	Anti-Catholicism, Anti-Protestantism, Reciprocity and Equivalences
	References
Conclusion
Synthesis
Critical Sociology and Social Conflict
What Does Religion Do?
References
Index